UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...
Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...
The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...
Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.
A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.
Cholera is a deadly bacterial disease that kills about 95,000 people every year. Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect cells in the ...
Recent research has delved deep into the manifold ways in which diet can affect gut health throughout a person's life. Here ...
Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...
The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Chemical Science on Wednesday, explains why dormant TB bacteria remain largely untouched during treatment and continue to persist for months despit ...
Researchers have found a small but powerful switch inside breast cancer cells that helps them survive stressful conditions.